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Spring Lecture Series: "East & West Rock: New Haven's Sentinels"
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Time: April 26, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Location: New Haven Museum
Street: 114 Whitney Ave
City/Town: New Haven
Website or Map: http://www.newhavenmuseum.org
Phone: (203) 562-4183 ext.11
Event Type: talk, exhibition, program
Organized By: Michelle Cheng
Latest Activity: Mar 14, 2012
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Event Description
East and West Rock, which dominate New Haven’s northern horizon, have often been referred to as the town’s sentinels. Benjamin Silliman, Yale’s eminent geologist, described them as “composed of precipitous cliffs of naked frowning rock, hoary with time...an immense work of art.” More than a dozen mid and late19th-century artists, who specialized in the back-to-nature movement, fully agreed and celebrated the Rocks’ nature on their canvases.
On Thursday, April 26 at 6:30 PM, Dr. Jelle de Boer, Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Emeritus at Wesleyan University, will discuss his research on the geology and artistic depictions of East and West Rock during a lecture at the New Haven Museum. Dr. de Boer’s vision led to New Haven’s Sentinels: The Art & Science of East and West Rock, an exhibition on view at the New Haven Museum through May 2012.
Admission to the lecture is free, but donations are welcome.
Special thanks to NewAlliance Foundation for its support of the New Haven Museum’s programs.
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